KATHMANDU, Jan. 28 -- The meteoric rise and fall of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane is likely to have ripple effects in the course of the country's national politics.

Within seven months after its formation, the RSP led by Lamichhane rose to become the fourth largest political party in the federal parliament. The party got four ministerial portfolios including Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led cabinet.

But with the resignation of Lamichhane from the post of deputy prime minister and home minister hours after the Supreme Court dismissed his post of Member of Parliament (MP), the national politics is likely to take a new course, according to insiders within the ruling parties. ...